USS Strive

History
United States
Name	USS Strive (AM-117)
Builder	Cleveland, Ohio
Laid down	17 November 1941
Launched	16 May 1942
Commissioned	27 October 1942
Decommissioned	February 1946
Recommissioned	1 January 1952
Decommissioned	8 January 1955
Reclassified	MSF-117, 7 February 1955
Reclassified	MMC-1, 31 October 1958
Stricken	1 October 1959
Honors and; awards	7 battle stars (World War II)
Fate	Sold to Norway, 1 October 1959
History
Norway
Name	HNoMS Gor (N48)
Acquired	1 October 1959
Decommissioned	1976
Fate	unknown
General characteristics
Class and type	Auk-class minesweeper
Displacement	890 long tons (904 t)
Length	221 ft 3 in (67.44 m)
Beam	32 ft (9.8 m)
Draft	10 ft 9 in (3.28 m)
Speed	18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Complement	100 officers and enlisted
Armament	1 × 3"/50 caliber gun; 2 × 40 mm guns;

USS Strive (AM-117) was an Auk-class minesweeper acquired by the United States Navy for the dangerous task of removing mines from minefields laid in the water to prevent ships from passing.

Strive was laid down on 17 November 1941 by the

Cleveland, Ohio

; launched on 16 May 1942; sponsored by Mrs. G. Lottrall; and commissioned on 27 October 1942.

Atlantic coast

Strive departed

task group bound, via Bermuda, for North Africa. She arrived at Ténès, Algeria, on 13 April and operated between Algerian and Tunisian

ports for the next few months.

Invasion of Sicily operations

Strive joined the invasion force en route to

Mine Squadron

6 in early December and remained in that squadron while operating in the European theater.

Strive operated in the Gulf of Naples until 13 January 1944 when she was attached to landing force TF 81 which was to land American and British troops in the Anzio-Nettuno area, 60 miles behind German lines. The ships sortied on 21 January, and Strive arrived at the assault area in the early hours of 22 January (D-Day). She swept mines and acted as a patrol ship until 2 February when she escorted a convoy to Naples and then proceeded to Bizerte. The ship shuttled between North African and Italian ports until 21 April when she departed Naples for Anzio to sweep and patrol from 22 to 29 April. Strive was at Anzio from 28 May to 9 June and again from 2 to 7 August.

Invasion of Southern France operations

Strive was at

Golfe de Frejus area until the 28th when she began sweeping off Toulon. Strive returned to Naples on 9 October and to Oran

on 15 November.

Stateside overhaul

Strive joined a

Norfolk Navy Yard

for an overhaul.

Pacific Ocean operations

Strive got underway on 15 February with a

Kerama Retto on the 20th. Strive swept off Iheya Retto

from 3 June until the 11th when she turned to patrol duty out of Kerama Retto.

On 13 August, two days before hostilities ended, she was ordered to sweep the "Skagway" area of the

Bungo Suido from 22 September until early October, when she returned to Okinawa. In November, she swept the "Sherlys" area off Formosa. On 20 December, she departed Kiirin, Formosa, for China and arrived at Shanghai

on 22 December 1945.

Post-World War II operations

In early January 1946, the

San Diego, California

.

Recommissioning

Strive was recommissioned on 1 January 1952. After refresher training in the

Acapulco, Mexico, Panama, and Guantanamo Bay, arriving at Charleston, South Carolina, on 19 April. She operated between Charleston and Norfolk until 25 August when she commenced operations with the Atlantic Fleet

.

Strive visited

Golfe Juan, Lisbon, Toulon

, and other exotic ports.

Final decommissioning

The ship was reclassified fleet minesweeper (MSF-117) (Steel-hulled) on 7 February 1955. Strive was again placed in reserve, out of commission, on 8 January 1955, attached to the

Atlantic Reserve Fleet, and berthed at Green Cove Springs, Florida. Her designation was changed again on 31 October 1958 to MMC-1. Strive was struck from the Navy list

on 1 October 1959 and transferred to Norway the same day.

Awards

Strive received seven

battle stars for service in World War II

.

References

This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.

External links

USS Strive (AM-117/MSF-117/MMC-1), 1942-1959
Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945 AM-117 USS Strive
Photo gallery of USS Strive (AM-117/MSF-117/MMC-1) at NavSource Naval History
uboat.net - USS Strive (AM 117)